Actions and Reasons

In the course of maintaining job information in the Administer Workforce

business process, we will enter changes to worker data resulting from such
activities as promotions, transfers, terminations, salary increases, and leaves of
absence. Each of these activities is called a personnel action, and we use them
to enter and update
employee data on the Job Data - Work Location page and the Data Control page.
The codes classifying the
types of personnel actions that we will perform are stored in the Actions table.
We will often have different reasons for performing the same type of personnel
action for workers. We can designate reasons for taking personnel actions, so
that we can easily identify the causes of changes made to worker data,.
To view a complete list of all actions and reasons already defined within the
system, generate the Action Reason Table report (PER710).

Actions are created and maintained using Actions Component (Path: SetUp
HRMS --> Product Related --> Workforce Administration --> Actions)
Some of the Important Fields (& their explanation) of Actions Component:
Set Status Fields
Action sets Status Fields: Select this check box to identify actions that cause
changes to Status and Date fields for the person receiving this action. When
this check box is selected, the Set Organizational Instance Dt and Set
Assignment Dates regions, as well as the other fields in the Set Status Fields
region, are displayed.
Payroll Status: Select the payroll status (EMPL_STATUS) of the person
receiving this action. Values are: Active,
Deceased,Leave With Pay,
Leave of Absence,
Retired,Retired With Pay,
Retired-Pension Administration,
Short Work
Break,Suspended,Terminated,
Terminated Pension Pay Out, and
Terminated With Pay.
HR Status: Identifies the status of the person receiving this action for HR
purposes.

Set Organizational Instance Dt (Set Organizational Instance Date)

First Start Date and Latest Start Date: Select the action table value to use
when this action causes the job record for a person to be updated. The First
Start Date is the first date that this instance is active for a person receiving
this action. For example, in an employee relationship, this is the Hire Date. The
Latest Start Date is the latest date that this instance was renewed. For
example, in an employee relationship, this is the re-hire date. The HIR or ADD
actions modifies both the First Start Date and the Latest Start Date to the
effective date of the Job
row. On a Rehire or Renew action, only the Latest Start Date is changed. These
dates are only captured on the organizational instance level, not for additional
assignments. The values are: JOB.EFFDT and No Action.
Termination Date: Select the action table value used to determine how to set
the termination date for an assignment. The values are: Clear,JOB.EFFDT-1, and
No Action.

Set Assignment Dates

Start Date: Select the action table value used to determine how to set the
date on which an individual assignment starts. The Hire (HIR), Add Contingent
Worker (ADD), and Add Person of Interest (POI) actions, as well as the
Additional Job (ADL) and Assignment (ASG) actions, set this value The values
are: JOB.EFFDT and No Action.
Latest Start Date: Select the action table value used to determine how to set
the date on which an individual assignment is restarted. The Rehire (REH) and
Renewal (RNW) actions, as well as all the actions that set the start date, set
this value. The values are: JOB.EFFDT and No Action.
End Date: Select the action table value used to determine when an assignment
is stopped. The values are: Clear,JOB.EFFDT-1, and No Action.
Last Date Worked: Select the action table value used to determine the last
date that the person was actively working prior to a termination or a leave
action. The values are: Clear,JOB.EFFDT-1, and No Action.
Expected End Date: Select whether or not to clear the expected end date on
the job record. The values are: Clear and No Action.
Expected Return Date: Select whether or not to clear the expected return
date on the job record. For example, when a person goes on temporary leave.
Action Reasons are created and maintained using Action Reason Component
(Path: SetUp HRMS --> Product Related --> Workforce Administration -->
Action Reasons)